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bret? >> bret: mike tobin along the border in la jolla, mike, thank you. >> bret: breaking tonight, president biden is trying to get progressives and moderates to bridge their differences and come together on his domestic tax and spending legislation. he cannot even get them in the same room, holding separate meetings today as his top spokeswoman acknowledges a feeling of urgency. head now to the white house. white house correspondent peter doocy has breaking details tonight from the north lawn. good evening, peter. >> good evening, bret. breaking details are critical to understanding the democratic plan to spend trillions of taxpayer dollars on progressive priorities, senator joe manchin just said when he thinks that could happen. >> senator schumer said today [inaudible] by the end of this week. is that even possible. >> sure, that's possible. [inaudible] talking morning and night to see if there is a framework we can agree on. >> and he would know it's possible because a lot of this hing

bret? >> bret: jonathan serrie in savanna. a committee voted unanimously to remove a statue of jefferson from city hall. 1883. long advocated for its removal over jefferson's history as a slave owner. calls for the statue to be placed in a museum. up next, we talk to some americans who are finally getting out of afghanistan after the u.s. military withdrawal. >> go back to home and business and kids schools. your eyes. beautiful on the outside, but if you have diabetes, there can be some not-so-pretty stuff going on, on the inside. it's true, if you have diabetes, you know high blood sugar is the root of the problem. but that excess sugar can cause the blood vessels to be seriously damaged. and when that happens, this could happen, vision loss or even blindness. that's right, diabetic retinopathy is a leading cause of blindness for adults in the u.s. but even though you can't see it, there is something you can do about it. remember this: now is the time to get your eyes checked. eye care is an incredibly important part of your

bret? >> bret: peter doocy live in rome. while i have you, what are we learning from updated report about the covid-19 origins, it came out late this afternoon. >> yes. it expands on that 90-day review of that the covid origins that the president ordered a few months back. what they found in 18-page update is one intel agency is saying they believe covid came from a lab accident. they say they have moderate confidence in that. four other intel agencies say covid came from exposure to infected animals, they have low confidence. three other agencies saying they need more info. the director of national intelligence has concluded they don't think china was making a bioweapon. but the dni is concluding that unless china comes forward with more information to help them fill in the blanks then we will probably never know the origin of covid for sure. bret. >> bret: we'll keep asking questions. peter, thank you. progressive democrats back here at home are once again preventing the president's social spending measures from getting th

bret? >> bret: greg, thank you. for additional information tonight about when china learned of the coronavirus outbreak at one of its laboratories there are indications now china may have been aware of the situation much earlier than previously thought. as this investigation continues. state department correspondent rich edson has new details tonight. >> january 2020, the chinese government isolates the city of wuhan only weeks after revealing to the world that a deadly virus was spreading there. a new report says chinese authorities knew months before that covid was circulating. >> now, almost two years hence, it's fair to say the chinese government is not going to share any information. >> australian research firm internet 2.0 said the chinese province that was the epicenter of the first covid-19 outbreak initiated a dramatic increase in buying pcr tests. the type of kit americans now use to test for the coronavirus in 2019. suggesting that, quote: the virus was highly likely to be spreading virulently in wuhan, c

. ♪ >> bret: good evening. i'm bret baier.reaking tonight, as president biden struggles to salvage his domestic agenda, another disappointing jobs report casts doubt on the overall strength of the u.s. economy. u.s. added just 194,000 jobs in september, which widely missed the expectations of economists. that's the second straight tepid monthly gain. those numbers come amid continued democrat party infighting that has stalled the president's infrastructure and social reform plans along with the massive tax increases that would come along with them. we have fox team coverage tonight. jonathan hunt at the port of long beach, california with the return of some buying limits at some stores due to a supply chain crisis. aishah hasnie at the capitol where congress is now officially raising the debt limit just kicking the can down the road to december. we begin with white house correspondent peter doocy starting us off on the north lawn with what the president is saying about the economy tonight. good evening, period. >> good evening

bret? >> bret: we confirmed that a punch bowl added first that the house will vote for the short-term extension of the surface transportation authorization and then essentially pull the plug and publicity it to next week, chad. that's what it looks like. >> absolutely. the reason they have to approve the surface transportation program. those programs expired at thes end of last month. they have did a band-aid bill. if they passed the infrastructure bill, that funding was included in that piece of legislation and everything would be soyinkaed up with the senate. remember, bret, the senate approved the infrastructure bill back in early august. >> bret: the president is putting as he said on the line. let's take a look what's inside it or at least what's inside it so far. here is correspondent jacqui heinrich. >> after months of negotiations between moderates and progressives, a clear message from the white house to congressional democrats time is up for talking. >> no one got everything they

bret? >> bret: have senators sinema or manchin reacted to president biden's remark about the efforts go after them part of the process? >> peter: not since president biden made that comment late this afternoon. we have laid eyes on them. senator manchin is already back on the hill. he talked about some policy things and thoughts on infrastructure. didn't mention the kayakivists senator sinema be bubbling up on it arriving at reagan national airport hounded by protesters. she didn't say anything. but they are obviously not done with her yet. part of the process. right? >> bret: peter doocy on the north lawn. thank you. stocks down note over inflation fears and debt certain uncertainty. the dow lost 332 the s&p 500 off 57. the nasdaq dropped 3 1. what figures to be a monumental term for the u.s. supreme court is now underway. justices began hearing arguments today on an agenda that will include some huge social issues. fox news chief legal correspondent anchor of fox news at night shannon bre

bret? >> bret: alex, thank you. up next, we introduce you to the brand new fox weather and take you to the site of some extreme weather out west. >> tech: when you get a chip in your windshield... trust safelite. this couple was headed to the farmers market... when they got a chip. they drove to safelite for a same-day repair. and with their insurance, it was no cost to them. >> woman: really? >> tech: that's service the way you need it. >> singers: ♪ safelite repair, safelite replace. ♪ to run a growing business, is to be on a journey. and along the ride, you'll find many challenges. your dell technologies advisor is here to help. so you can stop at nothing for your customers. >> bret: midwesterners dealing with the effect of severe weather tonight a knew thousand people without power as strong storms hovered over that area. o'hare airport is 05 cancellations today. electricity cut for thousands of homes and businesses in southeast, missouri after several tornadoes and high winds swept through that area last night.

bret? >> bret: thanks, peter. americans are paying attention to the supply chain crisis. 71% of those have noticed products are out of stock. 55% noticed slow delivery times. 54% say they have stocked up on food and essentials because of this. a week ago, the president announced a big step forward dealing with the supply chain crisis. william la jeunesse tells us here in the port of los angeles, the number of ships waiting to off load has doubled since then. >> it's crazy. >> economists call inflation the invisible tax. >> it's outrageous. >> inflation. >> i call it greed. greed. >> across the country, the supply chain crisis is hitting home. you can see why in southern california. a record 159 ships, 63 in port, but 96 offshore waiting sometimes weeks to dock. long shoremen say they're ready to heed the president's call for 24/7. when the ports ask truckers to work, not enough showed. >> we have three shifts, first, second and third. they choose not to work the third because nobody comes to pick up the cargo. on

bret. >> bret: mike, thank you.ittle further, mo elleithee, executive director of the georgetown institute of politics and reince priebus, former white house chief of staff or president trump, former head of the rnc as well. let me start with you. you see these polls and you look into them, what they tell you about this race. >> well, it tells me what you just said, which is it's going to be a very close race and i think the democrats are surprised because i don't think they thought that, you know, terry mcauliffe, this democrat stier was going to have a challenge, but overall, just generally to start out this conversation, there are three things that are making this thing very close. number one, glenn youngkin has done a great job of eviscerating mcauliffe over a statement that parents should not be telling schools how to teach. that's number one. number two, bidens numbers are in the tank. so all those 1.8 million presidential voters that democrats and republicans want to turn out, they are not infused by biden, h

here's my colleague bret baier. bret: shannon, thank you. we are going to talk now more about the border situation depth with the former head of border patrol rodney scott. rodney, thanks for being here. you retired in august of this year. >> that is correct, thank you for having me, bret. appreciate it. bret: this makes you the highest ranking exbiden official to speak out but you also worked in the trump administration. >> that's correct. i started as chief in february of 2020. and then through the transition for the first seven months of the biden administration. bret: you have been at this for a long time though. >> i started in san diego in ma. it's kind of an important part of my career though. that's when the whole mass migration issue was going on nationally and then the 1994 is when operation gate keeper got kicked off i had a front row seat to that young age. that was the forming years of my career if you will. bret: 30 years as a civil servant dealing with border issues primarily, obviously, you have briefed both parties but you a

bret?antime the chinese government has blocked the world health organization from investigating batcave's and covid-19? >> that's right, the world health organization is looking at this area of china that has 37 miles of batcave's. the w.h.o., this is according to "the washington post," has been denied that by the chinese government which is also allowing tourists to visit this area. a very detailed case of why there needs to be another investigation. the initial efforts such as the joint china-w.h.o. commission raised more questions than answers. no investigation will succeed as long as china's doors remain shut. the silence is deafening." republicans are pushing the white house and the white house to my democrats -- the w.h.o. investigation that is on right now, the state department said earlier today that china needs to allow access in short order to those investigators. republicans have also been pushing for u.s. sanctions against china for refusing to participate in all these investiga

. >> bret: good evening. i'm bret baier. coming to you tonight from dallas about 460 miles from the u.s.-mexico border. we will go there live shortly. but, breaking tonight, it's official. a record 1.7 million apprehensions of illegal immigrants along the southern border according to just released customs and border patrol statistics. that's in one year. again, that's the most on record. the next highest number of apprehensions happened 35 years ago. that does not include the hundreds of thousands of so-called got-aways that evaded apprehension. paint a dire picture of the border crisis something current and former border officials have been raising an alarm about for months. border and probably should go back, fact checkers then went into action after his town hall last night. and today the white house press secretary attempted to clarify the boss' remarks on the border issue and several others. we have fox team coverage tonight, peter doocy is at the white house with efforts to set the record straight the day after that pr

bret. >> bret: this is it. so we are liberally watching it minute by minute, chad, please keep us up to date with any bruins. we appreciate it the president is hoping for some kind of a deal to take with him as he heads to europe for a climate summit. white house correspondent jacqui heinrich joins us from the north lawn with that part of the story, good evening, jackie. >> good evening to you, bret. the president's polls are down. inflation is up. and the white house is bracing for what's forecast to be a disappointing g.d.p. report tomorrow. the president, he needs a win here at home. but he also needs some political capital to bring with him on his trip abroad tomorrow and tonight the white house is still hopeful that they can get it in time. >> legislators can be crammers, i guess. there is enough agreement on to get this across the finish line. >> harder push for democrats and white house to reach agreement on the president's social spending plan. the white house argues it will be easier to convince other

bret. >> bret: quite a story. thank you.eaking of the supreme court, justices on the supreme court are considering arguments about whether the convicted boston marathon bomber should pay the ultimate price for his crimes. fox news chief legal correspond, anchor of "fox news @ night," shannon bream is at the court tonight. good evening, shannon. >> unthankful but they're still keeping on the table. >> just days after the most recent running of the boston marathon, the supreme court tackled the death penalty sentence, convicted in the 2013 bombing of that race that killed three and injured hundreds. a jury recommended the death penalty, which the trial court imposed, but on appeal, the death penalty was vacated based on two issues the justices are now considering. first, did a lower court wrongfully exclude a specific question from the defense about media coverage when vetting potential jurors? >> what was wrong with the one question they wanted to ask? what stands out in your mind about all of the publicity? >> that seems lik

bret. >> bret: big issue. rich edson, thank you. you missed the special last night on fox news, please join me on fox nation for this special documentary called "to rescue the republic: president grant and a nation in crisis." based on my book which comes out tomorrow. some of history's towering figures always seemed destined for greatness. ulysses s. grant was not one of them. >> no one, seeing him growing up, would've ever predicted he would've reached the height he would ultimately reach. his father was a tanner. his mother was a devout methodist who had much of the integrity and the modesty that characterized her son. >> bret: grants father swung an appointment for his son to the u.s. military academy. the spot had opened up when grant's ohio neighbor got kicked out. >> grant did in particular want go to west point but thought if father wants me to go, that's what i'm going to do. he graduated 21st in the class of 39. >> bret: grant fought in the mexican-american war and when it ended in 1848, he married julia dent, the sister o

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. >> bret: i would go with dana over greg. good evening come on bret baier, we are coming to you tonight from dallas and we are receiving word in the past few minutes that the -- we have word from the fbi, the dental records show the remains found in a florida wilderness reserve are those of federal fugitive brian laundrie. some of his remains and personal effects were found earlier this week, he's a person of interest in the murder of his girlfriend gabby petito, her body was found in wyoming last month. correspondent phil keating has this breaking news again, finding those remains and now identified as brian laundrie. is going to join us in just a bit, we will go live to florida where that investigation is continuing. what do you have on the ground? >> it is official, the nationwide manhunt for brian laundrie is over. the human remains found here inside the nature park behind me yesterday next to a backpack and a notebook belonging to brian laundrie, we were told late this afternoon those remains involved bones, skeletal rem

bret, you are inside the beltway. curious to know what the chatter is really like among someone's own party. how bad is it for biden right now? >> bret: these past three weeks have been really bad. democrats will openly tell you that. they think that this democrat on democrat slaughter, if you will, on capitol hill. going after manchin. everybody going into the bathroom after kyrsten sinema. it's bad looking. the administration and the president, to your point, not stepping up and saying these are the solutions were going to get across the finish line. we are a long way away from 2022, though, harris. i think in the short term terry mcauliffe is running into some headwinds. but it's a long way from november 202022. >> harris: everybody following senator kyrsten sinema into the bathroom. it's worse than that. they are following her and joe manchin because they see the politics is different and we see something similar with parents. they see that their advocacy for their children is important. the biden administration s

i'm mike emanuel in for bret baier. breaking tonight, the increasing pushback against the biden administration over its efforts to stifle dissent on the part of parents against school boards disregarding their wishes over the children's education. many of the parents say free speech and parental rights are being threatened. correspondent mark meredith starts us off tonight. good evening, mark. >> mike, good evening to you. the biden administration is not backing down from plans to get involved in school board security amplify outrage on this. they are accusing the government of simply trying to police free speech. >> >> the attorney general's memorandum is focused on threats, on. >> parent as a threat? you see parents asking. >> but assistant attorney general kristin clark says public servants are under attack. she says the justice department stands by its recent memo directing the government to do more to protect school board members from what it sees as an escalating threat of violence. [chanting no more masks] >> the

>> jon: yes, bret baier. >> stephen: fox news bret baier.nthusiam," susie essman is here tonight. ( applause ) i just found this out-- they're no longer dating. ( laughter ) >> jon: oh, wow. >> stephen: i'm going to get into it with both of them, find out what happened, why not? ( laughter ) i'm dying to know. i'm dying to know what happened. you have to ask the tough questions. questions. ( laughter ) jon, did you know my head was asymmetrical. did you know about my ears? did you know about this? >> jon: yes, i noticed that. and then one day you pointed it out to me. >> stephen: yeah. >> by taking one ear -- >> stephen: and doing this thing right here. see if the bear can do this. can he do that? see right there? ( applause ) can we show that on cbs? is that too erotic for cbs what just happened there? his ear got turgid. ( laughter ) now you're upset. now you're upset. we are in the middle of hispanic heritage month which of course-- ( applause ) absolutely, give it up. which you may know runs from september 15 through october 15. now, it

i expect immediate approval at which time i will turn around and sue bret baier. >> bret: shannon bream will issue a response quickly once she is done with her show tonight. >> brian: i have bad news for you bret. i booked your attorney she is closing our show tonight. i think you got to go get andy mccarthy. i think that's your only case. >> bret: you have other things to do. could you get off of this right now bribe brian you got it. bret, go get busy. >> brian: let me tell you what is happening. "fox news primetime." tell you next hour bret wants me to. monica crowley is here talk about what's at stake for the democratic agenda. president of the united states says doesn't pass spend palooza whole presidency is in jeopardy. they have a vax mandate. >> pro-vaccination not in current situation. why thee left espn. marc morano ticket to the glasgow green summit he says we are not in the middle of a green agenda and climate and not going to collapse. the science behind the science. marc morano live and shannon bream as i told you will close out the show. first, we start where bret just wa

. >> mike: good evening welcome to washington i'm mike emanuel in for bret baier. tonight chaos new england democrats here in the nation's capitol. biden's massive tax and spend being held up tonight not by the republican opposition but by members of his own party who cannot seem to get out of their own way. the president made a late afternoon house call going to the capitol and urging lawmakers to get behind his program. we have fox team coverage. the panel will be along in just a few minutes with their take on the situation. jacqui heinrich at the white house with what the president and his team are doing. good evening, jacqui. oh, we begin with congressional correspondent chad pergram on the hill tonight. hello, chad. >> hey there, mike. moderate democrats and liberals scwawbled so much that the dispute stymied the house from passing a bipartisan infrastructure package. so president biden went to the capitol to referee the argument. fox has told the president timed lower the temperature among the factions. when he arrived at the capitol, the president joked to h

. >> bret: full disclosure i'm on the hope board. tomorrow on "special report" merrick garland testifies before the senate judiciary committee. we have all of that. could be fiery. thanks for inviting us into your home tonight. fair balanced and still unafraid. "fox news primetime" holy spirited by brian kilmeade starts right now. brian? >> brian: bret, just an observation, ever since we had that somewhat friendly clash a few weeks ago about me walking and you sitting, seems to be walking a lot. i'm seeing your torso. i'm seeing you jet around the studio. >> bret: i can. there is a lot of movement that's possible. >> brian: however, i had one -- i went ahead and licensed the walk on television. >> bret: oh, really. >> bret: you haven't paid a fee. i know we are friends but i will have to serve you right now on camera and unfortunately, going to have to appear in court and defend yourself. i have retained judge jeanine pirro. she will be taking the prosecution to you. so either you go sit down or pay me a fee every time you hit the tr

charles: bret, appreciate it. watch bret every day if you can, "special report" 6:00 p.m.fox news. >>> i want to stay on this theme, bring in fox news contributor deneen borelli for more. you've been a fan of president trump. been a critic of biden out the gate. what do you think now? people voting for him are abandoning the ship. independents is leaving in droves. what is forcing that? >> well look, i think americans are seeing what kind of fraud president biden really is. look americans are being personally harmed by his horrible decisions. afghanistan, the border crisis, vaccine mandates, the debt bills they're trying to force on americans. americans are seeing it but they are witnessing it and experiencing it first hand. so you're having his poll numbers going in freefall and, don't forget the media and the reporters played a role in not challenging candidate biden during the presidential election. charles: yeah. >> and now all we see is the back of his head because he doesn't take questions. charles: so, crazy about that, as you toggle the channels, you hear a lot of

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bret: no, not everything is tied to covid.mes to how we operate as a country. the president says he was elected to fix the covid problem. and it has been a political back and forth about how to deal with it and how they communicate about it and how you implement vaccine mandates and what that means. i think there is a lot of red state-blue state, how they are dealing with covid and the economy. and that is going to play out politically, and i don't know whether it's in virginia or next year. >> let's get to your book. to rescue of the republic, "you .tell us about the book. bret: the book focuses on his time as president. in history we focus on his time at union general. but his 8 years as president is very consequential. we get them through his amazing journey from rags to riches. note that's riches but as far as power. he goes from selling fairwood to being the head of the union army. lincoln's con if i damage. johnson arguably the worst president we ever had. racist. rolls back lincoln's policies. grant is drafted and wins

bret doesn't just love history. he brings it. call to the rescue, president grant and a nation in crisis. here's a clip. >> easter sunday april 13th in louisiana. during a political battle for control of grant parish white democrats were ready to take up arms in response a black militia moved in to guard the courthouse. grand would call what happened next a butchery of citizens which in blood thirstiness is hardly surpassed by any act of savage warfare. >> harris: his voice makes me want to watch. that's available on fox nation and coincide with bret baier new book. there are parts of that is funny. it's not a cheery part of history. >> and he was not a jokester. but there are stories that are humorous. one is grant is painted with this broad brush he is a drunk. he is small, 5 foot 7 and 130 pounds. doesn't hold his liquor that well. as a young soldier he was busted getting drunk and gets kicked out. the generals he works with as he is promoted are using that against him. lincoln says what whiskey does he have because i want to

bret, welcome to the show. >> this is fantastic.ermined that i need an audience for the special report. it changes the dynamic completely. >> greg: it certainly does. they're wonderful, very attractive people. after the show, we often just take them out to my hotel suite and we get hammered. >> it is been fun. >> greg: so if you add hunter's privilege, would you be tempted to do whatever you want? he has to know there are no repercussions appeared >> it's amazing. think about when we covered at the beginning. it was basically us, "the new york post," a few others. and it was prevented from going on twitter and social media and now suddenly the laptop is real and suddenly they are answering questions, real questions, about this. it is a story that is not going away and as long as they keep asking questions, it will still be there. >> greg: have you ever met hunter? >> i have a couple of times in d.c. >> greg: did you guys party question mike >> no. >> greg: he would not share, would he? >> no. he is an interesting catch. he is an int

. ♪ howie: i'll have in depth interviews with bret baier and mollie hemingway.the left to the right with few exceptions, the pundits are no longer denying the president's weakened political standing. >> the democratic party is looking over the edge of the cliff. you're not seeing that strong joe biden leadership that people were expecting to get stuff done. >> his approval now 10 points lower than president obama's at the same point in his presidency. >> there is no doubt, no doubt, that the biden white house is aware that the president's poll numbers are dropping with each passing week, that the legislation is stalled. >> it's only 10 months into joe biden's presidency but we may be already witnessing the death of the biden agenda. boy, that was quick. howie: joining us now to analyze the coverage in new york, will cain, co-host of "fox & friends weekend," and in los angeles, leslie marshall, radio talk show host and fox news contributor. will, why do you think there is suddenly this negative, alarming coverage of president biden. was there a trigger point or i

our friend and colleague bret baier is here out with a brand new book., ulysses s grant the crisis of 18 76 also the focus of a fox nation special and is available right now. brett, great to see him here at the table instead of on the, you know, those awkward nightly handoffs to special report. >> that's right >> geraldo: which we hear brett's been dreaming about. >> i know. >> so we cooked up a surprise for you. >> oh, good. >> here's the handoff. >> dad bod, it's a thing. special report's up next with bret baier. >> this is a a great way to end the show. >> hey brett, do you have your nails done? >> i do thank you. >> hey brett, let's engage in some tom foolery. >> that last minute and a half was titlating. >> i, too am taken back by the nipple ring news. >> jesse i'm here i just can't seem to get rid of this filter. i'm hour, here though. i'm not a bear. >> do you worry brett your credibility as a serious news man is imperiled by following the five. >> i think it really helps the ad libbing. you really have to be on your toes. >> one more thing. >> yo

i'm bret baier.a debt ceiling deal to punt a potential showdown until december seems imminent, new polling tonight indicates all americans of all different stripes are losing faith in the president. according to the polls, giving his his lowest approval rating of his almost nine months in office while democrats in recent polls have given the presint

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bret: no, you can add to that the concern about inflation.people at home feeling it at the gas pump and the grocery store. the booster shot back and forth. whether we are getting them or not getting them. add to all of that mix that you just listed, crime in big cities which is going up. so politically this administration is in a tough spot. the president is weakened at home and abroad just by his political position. republicans are in a good place heading into 2020. but there is a -- heading into 2022. judge jeanine: more things need to be made in the united states and we have to stop outsourcing. i want to get to your book. everything seems to turn to the covid pivot. the economy is bad because of covid. the supply chain is a problem because of covid. everything is a covid problem. is it really? bret: no, not everythg is tied to covid. but a lot is when it comes to how we operate as a country. the president says he was elected to fix the covid problem. and it has been a political back and forth about how to deal with it and how they communi

. >> will: thank you, bret. good evening and welcome to "fox news primetime" i'm will cain. tonight we are living in a rerun of that 70s show. you know, i always thought the 70s would have been my favorite decade that's largely because i love whalen jennings and the old ford bronco not because i wanted to return to the failures of jimmy carter but joe biden seems intent to dragging us back to high gas prices empty shelves and inflation. a little less charming than the marshal tucker band. what is happening? why are we in this position? most recently and most obviously our supply chain is broken. but that's a boring way of

have a great weekend, everybody. ♪♪ >> bret: good evening, welcome to washington, i'm bret baier.tion, higher prices, and product shortages, plus continued democratic infighting over his tax and spend plan, the infrastructure bill. all are contributing to increasing public dissatisfaction. we will talk live with transportation secretary pete buttigieg in just a few minutes >> first, white house corespondent jackie heinrich starts us off tonight live on the north lawn. good evening jackie. >> good evening to you, bret. well, in his return

first your thoughts on the bind that democrats find themselves in. >> bret: it's a big bind.gressives feel if this is not too big they won't have the turnout in the mid-terms and that will lead to their demise. moderates think too big of a package will lead to their demise and something to talk about for the gop. look back at history. 2010, remember the mid-terms after the obamacare vote and what that led to. it was in president obama's words a shelacking in the mid-term. in that race in 2009 just before that, there was a governor's race that was a canary on in the coal mine about what was to come. the governor's race was in virginia and the republican beat the democrat. now there is a contested virginia governor's race and see will we if it follows history. >> laura: your new book is about the under-appreciated role of grant and his work forging our nation. what should politicians today during these times learn from how grant and the gop were able to hold the country together after the civil war? >> this is about the forgotten history of grant. what people can take from it w

that book is out tomorrow, bret baier joins us next. ulysses s. guy who clearly played a role in american history, what is your assessment of him? >> he leaves the civil war as the top general, most popular we've had since george washington and then he gets into politics. wins in a landslide of but his two terms are really overlooked in history other than to talk about the corruption in the scandals and there were those that covered them in the book but the story really is about the forgotten history on how grant saves the united states. literally saves the union. as a general first and then as a president. directing all the things he's fighting for for black communities and to be citizens and then vote but then in the 1876 election is contested and with rutherford b. hayes and a republican and democrats comes up with this grand bargain that holds the country together and in essence, saves the union. >> amazing. i don't think i've heard a better summary or more compelling summary of why grant gave us what we have now. >> we have to fight for our r

[laughter] >> brian: i think you are picking favorites, bret. >> bret: no, will is the man, too you are the man this week. >> brian: what a come down. bret have a good night. good evening, everyone. and welcome to "fox news primetime." i'm brian kilmeade. all right, let me tell you what's it comg up on the show. check the big board. lindsey graham is going to be with us in a matter of moments. talk about afghanistan and what we learned from ambassador dal ziad what stacey abrams said yesterday in virginia. clay travis talk about someone taking on china and taking on nike. nancy mace has this idea puppies shouldn't be tortured. i wish anthony fauci felt the same way. you will find out what is happening to beagles in tunisia and wish he felt the same way. i booked him on a whim. wish me luck i hope it comes out good. let me start the show. i always thought optimistic cease the glass half full than half empty. when it comes to being vaccinated. you would think a nation who has 70% of eligible citizens vaccinated would feel good about itself. most vulnerable 85%. did delta variant on retrea

bret, are you in? >> bret: dana, tell jesse that hot cross buns is a good song.nks, guys. good evening. i'm bret baier coming to you tonight from the richard nixon presidential lie museum in your bow linda, california. breaking tonight a man whose distinguished career featured a role as white house fellow under president nixon in 1972 has died. collin powell went on to become the first black american to serve in some of the nation's

i'm bret baier.members of his own party to support his domestic agenda, he is blaming republicans for not cooperating on an effort to raise the federal debt limit. the president saying that the g.o.p. is risking what he calls a self-inflicted wound that takes our economy over a cliff. meanwhile the president appears to be minimizing a verbal attack against one of the democratic senate holdouts who is taking considerable flack over immigration. we will go live to the southern border in a bit for a live repo

that's more than just a misstatement or gaffe. >> bret: that's right.in aisle four. when you are deep talking about something like mobilizing the national guard to mitigate the supply chain crisis alone taiwan, the white house has to walk back then. i do think it's significant and i do think that the president does not go out for a lot of interviews. i've asked and you have asked, he doesn't do a lot of them. >> chris: no he doesn't. in about 20 seconds, julie, is that where the white house is so protective about the president's engagement reporters? >> julie: i think his words matter and the white house would like the president to stay on script. we would rather have more interactions like the one we saw last week. >> chris: and then more clarifications. thank you panel, see you next sunday. up next, our power player of the week. this coach has created a world class training facility in d.c.'s inner city for one of track and field's most unusual events. ♪ ♪ ♪ now listen to the beat ♪ ♪ kinda pat your feet ♪ ♪ it's all right ♪ ♪ have a good time 'cause

i'm bret baier.not long ago conceded the president is not very popular in the commonwealth and while terry mcauliffe can use all the help he can get right now according to the polls, the president is still trying to get help on his stalled domestic tax and spend agenda. as democrats struggle to get two

i'm bret baier. says he hopes his fellow democrats can reach agreement on his massive tax and spending plan before he leaves for climate summit in europe wednesday. but, he is not sure. internal squabbles among democrats have prevented passage of the legislation for months now. and now a completely new way to pay for the bills is raising new questions. we'll talk about all of that live with utah senator mitt romney in just a moment.

that is it for us, "special report" is up next, hey, bret. >> bret: i want to speak up for the lion witht from fox news world headquarters in new york and breaking tonight, another got punched for the u.s. economy under president biden as the pace of inflation at the wholesale level skyrockets almost 9% in september from a year ago. several experts now are saying this inflation is not transitory at all. all of this occurs against the backdrop of a growing supply chain crisis which could limit product availability and

hello, bret. >> bret: hello, greg. i'm outside today. thank you.et baier coming to you tonight from capitol hill where president biden now admits his entire presidency is hanging in the balance in the president's words, quote: the house and senate majorities and my presidency will be determined by what happens in the next week closed quote. and we're just getting word. that an infrastructure vote will not happen tonight. likely next week now that's breaking we will get the very latest from chad pergram

i'm bret baier. simi valley, california. we begin tonight with three issues that president reagan himself wrestled with during his 8 years in the white house. issues that are now confounding the current occupant, immigration and border security. >> the simple truth is that we have lost control of our own borders. and no nation can do that and